单词 | off and on |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for off and on
off and onSEE SYNONYMS FOR off and on ON THESAURUS.COM Also, on and off. Intermittently, from time to time. For example, I read his column off and on, or We've been working on the garden all summer, on and off. [Early 1500s] Also, off again, on again; on again, off again. Uncertain, vacillating, as in Theirs is an off again, on again relationship, or The peace talks are on again, off again. Some believe this term originally referred to minor railroad accidents, where a train went off track and then on again. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby off and onOffa, off again, on again, off-air, offal, Offaly, off and on, off and running, off balance, off-balance sheet reserve, off-base, offbeat The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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